Charles morgan



(No Model.)

0. MORGAN.

.MOP HEAD.

No. 553,354. P5555555 Jan. 21, 1595.

wamea ,hae/zorx UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES MORGAN, OF FREEPORT, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO THE ARCADEMANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

MOP-HEAD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 553,354, dated January21, 1896.

Application filed June 28, 1895. Serial No. 554,347. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES MORGAN, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Freeport, in the county of Stephenson and State ofIllinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inMop-Heads, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to certain improvements in mop-heads and itconsists in a certain new construction fully described below and pointedout in the appended claims.

The drawings presented herewith show my preferred construction by meansof two figures, of which Figure 1 is a side elevation of the same, andFig. 2 is a section in line 2 2 of Fig. 1.

In the drawings, A is a mop-handle ter1ninating in a cross-head B,against which the mop-rags are to be held by means of a wire loop 0, thelower horizontal portion of which is opposed to the cross-head B whenthe rags are clamped in position. The loop 0 is preferably composed ofwire bent to form a horizontal portion 0, end portions 0 0 which slidevertically and are guided by means of slight sockets b b in the oppositeends of the head, and hooks c c, which are bentinward and upward andengage with eyes'd upon a collar D, which encircles the handle and issufficiently large to move freely thereon. WVithin this collar is aratchet-lever E, provided at one end with a hook e, which hooks into aneye 12 upon the cross-head B, and the other end of the lever is formedinto a handle 6 which is pressed away from the mop-handle by means of acoiled spring 6 held in place by a lug e beneath the lever-handle e atone end,

and at the other end by a socket on in the handle proper, A.

Upon the outer side of the leverE are a series of ratchet-teeth 6adapted to engage an inturned point or edge d upon the collar D.

In operation the loop 0 is held in any desired position by means of theratchet-lever E, which engages with the collar D. This engagement,however, may be released by pressing inwardupon the lever-handle e andthe position of the horizontal portion a of the loop 0 regulated atwill.

I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. The combinationin a mop-head, of the handle, A, the cross-head, B, the collar, D, theloop, 0, having the horizontal portion, 0, the end portions, 0, c andhooked to the collar, D, the ratchet lever, E, hinged to the cross-headand provided with ratchet teeth to engage the collar, and a springinterposed between it and the handle to keep up the engagement betweenthe lever and the collar; substantially as described.

2. The combination with the handle, A, of the cross head, B, having theend sockets, b, b, and eye, b the lever, E, having thehook, e, and theratchet teeth, 6 the spring, 6 the loop, 0, the collar, D, having cars,61, to which the ends of the loop are hooked, and a tooth, or edge, (1adapted to engage the ratchet teeth, 6 substantially as described.

CHARLES MORGAN. \Vitnesses:

FRIEDERICH HANSEN, RUDOLPH LABUDDE.

